For those of us who are lovers of chocolate and products that have to do with chocolates, Hotel Chocolat exists to fulfill our ever-growing desire for the items that we crave.
Hotel Chocolat is a British chocolate producer and cocoa grower, with over one hundred shops in the United Kingdom, Hotel Chocolat is the only company in the United Kingdom to grow cocoa on its own plantation.
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Hotel Chocolat History
In order to be successful in life, one must try venturing into a new environment and businesses that no one would ordinarily go into and that’s exactly what Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris did in 1988.
The two began designing and selling mints back in the day before later moving to chocolates some six years on due to the growing demand for chocolates. The move led to a rebranding from their usual status to ‘Geneva Chocolates’ and later to ‘Chocolate Express’.
To add some side attraction to the business, the Chocolate Tasting Club was launched in 1998 in Britain and as of 2014, the club has around 100,000 members. To date, the Tasting Club has trialed over 1,500 different recipes of chocolate for the brand. As laid out on their website, the Chocolate Tasting Club sends out boxes to customers all over the country each month.
In 2003, there was another form of rebranding and here Chocolate Express rebranded into Hotel Chocolat and launched its first retail store in the center of Watford and then grew to have four stores in the East Anglian area, with stores in Milton Keynes, Cambridge, and St Albans opening between 2005 and 2006.
The company officially acquired the Rabot Estate in Saint Lucia, and is, to date, the only company in the UK to own its own cocoa plantation. This plantation is one of the reasons given for the company choosing not to be Fair Trade-accredited, as only smallholdings are allowed.
If you are looking to have any form of trade with this company or need to purchase any of their items or services, reach out to them on their website and make your deal.
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